Taiwan condemned over executions

Taiwan has executed six death row inmates, the first use of the death penalty this year.

Campaigning human rights group Amnesty International has condemned the move as "cold-blooded killing".
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Amnesty International can fook off. It's our country and they haven't had their children's dead body cut apart and spread/hidden across the country.

Owning a home unattainable for many Taiwanese

Having lived in rented flats all her life, recently married Taipei native Chiang Ming-yun, dreams of buying her own home.

"When I was growing up, we had to move several times because the landlords wanted to sell the places we were living in," says Mrs Chiang, an office worker.

"At one place, my mother had spent a lot of time creating a garden outside, but then we were forced to move."

But she and her husband, who make what is considered a good combined salary of 90,000 New Taiwan dollars (NT$) ($3,100; £1,906) a month, are starting to realise it would be very difficult for them to buy a home.

Average prices, even for older flats in the suburbs, are about $345,000.

Owning a home is the dream of many in Taiwan, but that dream is becoming unattainable for some, as speculative buying has driven prices to unaffordable levels.

This has become a big problem as young people are putting off starting a family - exacerbating the already low birth rate - and many are growing increasingly resentful of this symptom of the widening wealth gap.

Growth in Taiwan's property prices ranked sixth fastest in the world from late 2006 to late 2011, and fourth fastest in Asia, according to a CNBC list compiled with research by global real estate consultancy Knight Frank.

Data collected by Taiwan's major property developer, Cathay Real Estate, shows average housing prices on the island rose by 34%, with Taipei's prices jumping by 50%, in the past four years, despite the economic downturn.

The average home in Taipei now costs about $700,000 - 14 times that of average annual wages, so many adults, including couples married with children, continue to live with their parents or in-laws.

Any pigs up for clubs

why dont they rent?

who is nathanx62x

Cuz most people don't rent out their properties, they rather it sit there empty.

dunno, the club is open to anyone in our friends lists so must be from there

ill change it today

Bought Hulk for 17K buy now, as soon as I bought him a new one with a longer contract became available for 15K buy now

Goodnight guys, 1.20am now here. Bye

bye

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Ate a full toblerone and now don't want to eat Christmas dinner

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Anyone bought an ultra pack?

DOG I DID. DON'T WASTE YOUR COINS

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I don't have the coins.

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My bro and sis are annoying me so im staying in my room